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Hunter, Jennifer https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6109-9134
Smith, Caroline
Delaney, Geoff P.
Templeman, Kate
Grant, Suzanne
Ussher, Jane M.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Western Sydney (2016 Research Partnerships Program)
Oncology Massage Ltd (2016 Research Partnerships Program)
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Article History
Received: 19 September 2018
Accepted: 26 April 2019
First Online: 11 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval was obtained from Western Sydney University Human Research Ethic Committee (HREC) (H11389) and the Joint University of Wollongong and Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Health and Medical HREC (HREC/16/WGONG/178). In addition, HREC approval was obtained from Calvary Health Care, Adelaide HREC (16-CHREC-E011). Site approval was obtained for St John of God hospitals (1004), Albury Wodonga Health (2016/344), Central Coast LHD (1116-117C), Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD (DT16–131481), Northern New South Wales LHD (G320), Murrumbidgee LHD (SSA/16/MLHD/43), and Western New South Wales and Far West LHDs (SSA/16/GWAHS/159). Participant information and signed consent to participate in the research were obtained prior to participants completing the survey.
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: Author’s CS, JH, KT and SG are academic researchers at NICM Health Research Institute. The institute receives research grants and donations from foundations, universities, government agencies, individuals and industry. Sponsors and donors provide untied funding for work to advance the vision and mission of the institute. The project that is the subject of this article was not undertaken as part of a contractual relationship with any donor or sponsor.Author GD is Director of Cancer Services for the South Western Sydney Local Health District and Director of Liverpool Cancer Centre in Australia. Author JH is a general practitioner with a clinical interest in evidence-based integrative medicine. Author SG works as an acupuncturist at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse cancer treatment center in Camperdown, Australia. Author JU is an academic researcher at the Translational Research Institute that receives research grants from foundations, universities, government agencies, and industry. The institute and JU have no competing interests to declare.
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